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natives, a comparison of the achievements of native education with
that of European, the basis for reconstruction of the native system,
the educational budget, and proposed changes.

The work is generally readable but grows a little dull in certain
statistical portions. The table of contents is detailed, but the book
could have been considerably improved had an index been added. On the
whole, the volume is a justification of some change in the political
status of the Negro for the good of all. South Africa cannot in its
own interest neglect the uplift of the natives, if it would promote
the social and economic progress of the whole group. The one element
cannot be elevated or kept up while the other is being held down.
Persons interested in education of belated peoples and in the
missionary enterprises should avail themselves of this volume.

_From Slave to Citizen._ By CHARLES M. MELDEN. The Methodist Book
Concern, New York and Cincinnati, 1921. Pp. 271.

This is a work written by one who has spent sixteen years as an
educator of Negroes in the South. His experience there was sufficient
for him to learn the Negro and his needs and he writes in the vein of
one speaking as having authority. Because of his long service among
the Negroes, the author has doubtless caught the viewpoint of the
aspiring members of the race. He aims, therefore, to present the
Negro's claim for recognition as a man, as a member of the human
family with the implied rights and privileges belonging to him.

The book presents a definite program. It proceeds on the basis that,
in a democracy, citizenship with its duties and its privileges must in
the long run be recognized. He does not feel that democracy means the
wiping out of racial preferences but the recognition of racial gifts
and endowments. The author considers it an injustice to hold the Negro
to the standards of democracy without training him to meet the
responsibility. He considers it unfair to require every individual of
the race to reach a prescribed standard before any of that group shall
be recognized. It is, therefore, a plea for treating the Negroes as
individuals and not as a single group, for fair treatment will not
lead to amalgamation in as much as Christianity has not been known to
promote that.

The chief remedy for the evils of racial conflict, according to the
author, is cooperation. This must be brought about through growth and
development from the contac